Rose Buchanan

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Rose Buchanan

Joyce Lokonyi sits on an upturned bucket, fingers weaving palm fronds as the wind pulls her dress to expose the stump of her amputated foot, lost to a little-known disease ravaging Kenya's poorest county. Mycetoma is a fungal or bacterial infection that enters the body through any open wound, often as tiny as a thorn prick. Starting as tiny bumps under the skin, it gradually leads to the erosion of tissue, muscles and bone.

1 week ago | actu.orange.fr | Rose Buchanan

Le meurtre de Charles Ong'ondo Were, membre du Mouvement démocratique orange (ODM) de Raila Odinga, opposant historique kényan qui a formé une alliance avec le président Ruto ces derniers mois, a eu lieu mercredi en début de soirée. "La nature de ce crime semble être à la fois ciblée et préméditée", a déclaré le porte-parole de la police de ce pays d'Afrique de l'Est, Muchiri Nyaga, dans un communiqué publié sur X.

1 week ago | modernghana.com | Rose Buchanan

Kenyan police said the murder of a politician in the capital Nairobi appears to have been premeditated and targeted, with the president promising on Thursday that those responsible would be caught. Charles Ong'ondo Were, an MP for the Kasipul area in the country's west, was shot when his car stopped at a red light on a busy thoroughfare by an unknown assailant who fled the scene on a motorbike, police said.

1 month ago | japantimes.co.jp | Rose Buchanan

In Kenya's largest and poorest county, the despair of a beleaguered hospital director is palpable as he explains that the dismantling of American-funded aid means his facility will run out of USAID drugs next month. "From then on, I don't know," Ekiru Kidalio said, worried about the lack of treatment for measles and HIV among other things.

1 month ago | enca.com | Rose Buchanan

NAIROBI - In Kenya's largest and poorest county, the despair of a beleaguered hospital director is palpable as he explains that the dismantling of American-funded aid means his facility will run out of USAID drugs next month. "From then on, I don't know," Ekiru Kidalio said, worried about the lack of treatment for measles and HIV among other things.